Elastic Connective Tissues ________

question 76

Multiple Choice

Elastic connective tissues ________.

• A) are comprised of collagenous sheets or ribbons that resemble flat, broad tendons
• B) often contain significant numbers of elastic fibers as well as collagen fibers; and usually connect cartilage-to-cartilage, bone to cartilage, or one bone to another bone
• C) often underlie transitional epithelia; and are also found in the walls of blood vessels and surrounding the respiratory passageways
• D) are actually cords of dense regular connective tissue that attach skeletal muscles to bones and cartilage
• E) form an interwoven meshwork and do not show any consistent pattern; it provides strength and support to areas subjected to stresses from many directions

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